Emerging Church A Road to Interspirituality through mysticism
Beth
Moore and the Be Still DVD
See our research on
the Be Still DVD
A cast that includes contemplatives
Richard Foster, Calvin
Miller, Dallas
Willard and Jan
Johnson will also include evangelicals Beth Moore, Max Lucado
and others. Twentieth
Century Fox Home Entertainment describes the film:"Featuring
interviews with some of today's most highly respected authors,
educators, and ministers, Be Still examines the importance of
silent, reflective prayer as a way to truly be open to receiving
God's guidance. This remarkable film also features a useful 'how
to' section that shows how contemplative prayer can be used by
anyone at anytime to better one's life and reaffirm that which
is truly important." Chapter titles include: Contemplative prayer,
Cloud of Witness, Being Still, and Sounds of Stillness.
Many
have asked us whether Beth Moore has placed a statement on her
website denouncing her involvement with the new Be Still DVD that
Fox Home Entertainment just released this month. As of the writing
of this newsletter, the answer is no. And after having viewed
the DVD, I think I can understand why. There is no indication
on the DVD that Beth Moore is against contemplative prayer, and
in fact when we spoke with her assistant, she told us that Beth
Moore did not have a problem with Richard Foster or Dallas Willard's
teachings. Thus we do not expect to see such a statement on her
website.
In the meantime, the Be Still DVD is being widely promoted and
can be found even in your local video rental stores. Couple this
DVD with the fast growing CCN (Church Communication Network) and
we can safely say that contemplative prayer is quickly becoming
"normal" in Christendom. But before we are too swift to think
"oh well, maybe it isn't that bad," listen to these words by mystic
Richard Kirby:
"The meditation of advanced occultists is identical with the prayer of advanced mystics."That statement is taken from Ray Yungen's book, A Time of Departing. Ray saw this coming back in 1994 when he sat and listened to Richard Foster and soon realized Foster was promoting the teachings of mystic Thomas Merton. Ironically enough this was about the same time the Emerging Church was being formed by the Leadership Network (See article).